Weaver Clarissa Rizal, Tlingit T’ak Dein Taan Raven Clan, passed away in December 2016. While we at Native Arts and Cultures Foundation are deeply saddened by the loss of Clarissa, we are honored to have supported her heritage practice, and…

Teri Rofkar. Still from Rasmuson Foundation Teri Rofkar passed away in December 2016. While we are deeply saddened by the loss of this artist, we are honored to have supported her heritage practice, and again reminded of the urgency...

The Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) provides cultural programming for the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people of southeast Alaska. SHI develops and implements programming for the preservation and perpetuation of Southeast Alaska’s Native arts and cultures. Primary constituencies are the approximately 22,000 Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian of the region and in the lower 48. While Alaska Natives comprise approximately 15% of Southeast Alaska’s total population, they comprise approximately 20% of the population in the region’s nine larger schools, and average 81% of the population in the region’s eight smallest school districts.